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Time has seen

Nadeem Fraz 1979 (Rawalpindi)

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Time has seen a thousand shades,
Change is lasting but memory fades,
Moments of peace and times of war,
Days of drought and floods that spar,
Boom of babies and change of trades,
Time has seen…

Mercenary nations that fought for aids,
Gone are the days when sky looked far,
Long was the journey to reach where we are,
Let’s learn from wounds and throw our blades,
Time has seen…

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Submitted by nadeem_f on September 01, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aabcaD accaD xb
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 540
Words 111
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 2
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